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Tale
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
TALE . ‘Tale’ in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] generally means ‘number or sum,’ as Exodus 5:18 ‘Yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.’ And the verb ‘to tell ’ sometimes means ‘to number,’ as Genesis 15:5 ‘Tell the stars, if thou be able to number them,’ where the same Heb. verb is translated ‘tell’ and ‘number.’
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Tale'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/t/tale.html. 1909.